RELEASING THE GUILT FOR BEING HUMAN -
"When I first came to Al-Anon I thought that anger, resentment, jealousy and fear were 'bad' feelings. The program has helped me to learn that feelings are not neither good nor bad - they are simply a part of who I am." (Courage to Change, Sept-26)
STILL, WE CAN LEARN HOW NOT TO RUIN OUR DAY -
"It mattered little whether our resentments were justified or not. A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective." (12 & 12, p. 90)
"Anger in
a home is like
rottenness
in fruit."
Talmud Sotah 3 (200 CE) central text of Rabbinic Judaism
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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